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Experiencing vaginismus–sufferers beliefs about causes and effects
Abstract
The present study examined the experience of vaginismus in 89 sufferers and ex-sufferers using quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The results provide insights into the effects of vaginismus on the sufferers' self perception and on their relationships with important others. It is suggested that vaginismus should not be regarded as a psychosexual problem but as a psychosocial experience in which defences have been created to protect the self, and that the vaginal spasm is only one of the many effects of this defence.
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Many women struggle more with the mental anguish associated with painful sex than with the actual physical pain.
“In fact, many women struggle more with the mental anguish associated with painful sex than with the actual physical pain.”
From TOWARDS A NEW UNDERSTADING OF THE CURSE OF EVE: FEMALE SEXUAL PAIN IN GENESIS 3:16 AND OTHER ANCIENT TEXTS (2020) · cites this paper as Ward and Ogden (1994)
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“18 See for example Shallcross, Dickson, Nunns, Mackenzie and Kiemle (2018) for the psychological effects of vulvodynia on women, and Ward and Ogden (1994) for the psychological effects of vaginismus.”
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- Authors
- Ward, E., & Ogden, J.
- Affiliations
- University of London (GB)
- ORCID
- Ogden, Jane
- Venue
- Sexual and Marital Therapy
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1994-01
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 33-45
- ISSN
- 0267-4653 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2121648136
- Cited by
- 90
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 7 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 1.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sexual and Marital Therapy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- vaginismus, patient experience, self-perception, interpersonal relationships, psychosocial experiences, defense mechanisms, psychosexual problems
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